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How to set up VSCode remote server connect with browser with Docker
If you want to code anywhere, with vscode codespace, you can. and if you want to host your own vscode on remote server, this is for you. it is easy to set up with docker.
- In your linux, create a new bash script file name:
run_code_server.sh
. - copy and paste below code snipper into
run_code_server.sh
#!/bin/bash
# example: ./run_code_server.sh ~/.code-server/config ~/Project password password
# set -x
if [ "$#" -ne 4 ]; then
echo "Usage: $0 CONFIG_PATH PROJECT_ROOT_PATH PASSOWRD SUDO_PASSWORD" >&2
exit 1
fi
cmd="docker create \
--name=code-server \
-e PUID=1000 \
-e PGID=1000 \
-e TZ=Europe/London \
-e PASSWORD=$3 \
-e SUDO_PASSWORD=$4 \
-p 8443:8443 \
-v $1:/config \
-v $2:/code \
--restart unless-stopped \
linuxserver/code-server"
echo $cmd
eval $cmd
docker start code-server
# set +x
- save script
- run script (make sure you have docker installed.)
./run_code_server.sh ~/.code-server/config ~/Project password password
- now check whether docker container is up.
docker ps -a
You will see container name:
code-server
up and running with port: 8443
- now you can access vscode in your browser
http://<your-server-ip>:8443
ie. http://127.0.0.1:8443
For example: my up and running vscode opened in browser

docker ps -a
-- check all your docker containersdocker container ls
-- list all running containersdocker container stop <container-name/container-id>
ie.docker container stop code-server
-- stop containerdocker rm <container-name>
-- remove docker container
- 1.
- 2.If you run into bash script permission denied on Linux, run below command
chmod +x <your bash script>
For example, code server script:
chmod +x ./run-code-server.sh
- 1.If you see below errorsGot permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock: Post http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.40/containers/create?name=code-server: dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission deniedGot permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock: Post http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.40/containers/code-server/start: dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied
Solution is to run
sudo chmod 666 /var/run/docker.sock
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